I am trying to connect these two circles that are at a 10 degree offset. I’d like the connection to be angled if possible. like shown in the jpg
Circlething.skp (89.4 KB)
Any idea how i do this all the way around?
Thanks for helping a noobie!
Fredo Curviloft
Don’t work on such a small scale, scale up by 100x.
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Another option is Extrude tools and a bezier curve.
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How do i get that “Extrusion Tools”? I found the BZ_toolbar…
I dont have a toolbar like that after downloading it, I just have a drop down menu under “Extensions - extrusion tools”. How do I post a video like you just did?
There are many gif recording aps, a lot of users here use licecap.
Have you restarted Sketchup after installing the extension? Something that is often needed, in fact it used to sort of define the difference between an extension and a plugin, a plugin often worked just by installing it whereas an extension needed a restart to fully function.
I can’t select the edges I want…
I did restart Sketchup, but all i have is a dropdown under extensions. I can’t find the tool in “tools”. I have no idea what I’m doing!
Right click anywhere on the toolbar, all the native and extensions toolbars should be there, just select the one you’re going to use. I can tell because of your question and your template that you’re a beginner, at least of the desktop version. Plugins are great and can be addictive, beginners use to download as many as they can even if they don’t know how to use them and stack all the toolbars letting almost no space for the viewport, please don’t do that. Try to learn how to model just using the native tools, most plugins are just shourtcuts for modeling something that would take more time using plugins like your case. I recommend you to visit SketchUp campus and watch the free tutorials and courses made by SketchUp staff or certificate trainers.
Thanks for the advice. I was having massive problems with the fredo plugin to make this edge. It made a beautiful edge, but I couldn’t for the life of me get the object to be water tight. I kept having issues. I finally did what you suggested and just used the native tools. Finally got my part together and off to the 3d printer! Prototype will be complete in 7 hours.
Making a solid isnt specifically relevant to extension use. It relies on understanding how sketchup geometry works.
Fundamental issues.
For example i had no problem making your object a solid after making the curved shape.
While I agree with the premise I would be interested to see how you would tackle this shape with native tools.
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Incidentally the holes you asked about elsewhere can be done with solid tools. Or simple intersect and delete.
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I didn’t say he should model that using native tools, I meant that as beginner it’s better to try to model everything using native tools when possible.
Anyways he did it using native tools, I guess just by stitching, and making a straight connection, the angled connection wasn’t a must.